Archive for March, 2022
Colorado Crop Progress & Condition Report, Week Ending March 20, 2022
AGRICULTURAL SUMMARY: Minimal precipitation and windy conditions persisted across the state last week, according to the Mountain Region Field Office of the National Agricultural Statistics Service, USDA. According to the U.S. Drought Monitor, 92 percent of the state is under drought conditions, unchanged from last week. Concerns remain regarding long-term moisture deficits, with 57 […]
Donald Roberts – June 24, 1950 – March 13, 2022
A celebration of life memorial service for longtime Lamar resident, Donald (Don) Roberts will be at 1:00 pm on Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, Colorado. Per Don’s request, cremation has taken place. Don was born on June 24, 1950 in Las Animas, Colorado to Norman and Bettie (Carpenter) […]
Rodeos and Windmills Coming to Prowers County
The Prowers County Lodging Tax Panel voted to fund several events which were presented to them this past Thursday, March 17th. An earlier request from the regional tourism promotion group, Canyons and Plains, received approval for $1,000 to be applied to general marketing for activities in southeast Colorado. Panel members discussed sending representatives […]
Margarito Segura Baca, Sr. – July 23, 1928 – March 18, 2022
A funeral liturgy for Bristol, Colorado resident, Margarito Segura Baca, Sr. will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 26, 2022, at Valley Memorial Funeral Chapel in Lamar, Colorado. Interment will follow in the Sunnyslope Cemetery. Per Margarito’s request, there will be no public visitation. Margarito was born on July 23, 1928, in El […]
Proposed Mascot Alternative is Recommended to Lamar School Board
The Lamar School District mascot committee, tasked with developing a new logo and imagery to replace the decades old Lamar Savages, made their presentation to the Lamar District School Board during its March 21st meeting. A law passed by the Colorado legislature last year, SB21-116, mandates mascot imagery used by schools and deemed […]
Doyle Lynn Leathers – June 29, 1948 – March 15, 2022
Doyle was born in Lamar, Colorado on June 29, 1948 to his parents, Dale and Dorothy Leathers, also of Lamar. Doyle went to Heaven on March 15, 2022. Doyle graduated with an MBA Degree from Wayland Baptist University and a Specialty Engineering Degree from The University of Wisconsin. He was a U.S. Army Vietnam-era […]
Lamar Police Department Re: Vehicle Break-ins
During the past week, there have been several reported vehicle break-ins as well some vehicles being stolen. All of the vehicle break-ins have had the doors unlocked and items taken out of the vehicles or items gone through in the vehicles. The vehicles which were stolen had the keys accessible to the suspects. All […]
City Council’s Cooperative Meeting
The Lamar City Council hosted their La Junta counterparts to an informal luncheon meeting this past Wednesday, March 16th, comparing notes on municipal problems, solutions and opportunities to combine efforts for shared projects. Lamar Mayor, Kirk Crespin, welcomed the La Junta delegation, saying this would be an opportunity to compare ideas on some future […]
Ramona “Mona” Casillas – August 17, 1966 – March 18, 2022
A mass of Christian burial for former Lamar, Colorado resident, currently of Pueblo, Colorado will be held at10:00AM on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the St. Francis de Sales/Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church with Reverend Steven Murray as celebrant. A rosary service will be held prior to the mass at 9:30AM at […]
Letter to the Editor: Recommended Closure of Lamar VA Clinic
Veteran’s Assemble! Help Keep Lamar and Other Rural VA Clinics Open An independent evaluation was completed on all VA clinics in the Nation. Rural Clinics with a low number of veterans enrolled in healthcare were recommended for closure. This includes Lamar. We need all veterans in Southeast Colorado to enroll in VA healthcare at […]
GOCO Awards $51,200 Grant to Town of Wiley for Outdoor Recreation Master Plan
DENVER – Today the Great Outdoors Colorado (GOCO) board awarded a $51,200 grant to the Town of Wiley to develop an outdoor recreation master plan. This grant is part of GOCO’s Planning and Capacity program, which invests in projects that address opportunities, explore issues, engage communities, and examine trends in the outdoors. The Town of Wiley […]
President Biden Designates Amache National Historic Site as America’s Newest National Park
WASHINGTON — President Biden signed the Amache National Historic Site Act today, designating the Amache site in Granada, Colorado as part of the National Park System. This designation, the first in the National Park System during this Administration, will permanently protect the site for future generations and will help tell the history of Japanese American […]
Lamar’s Legal Limbo on Marijuana Petition
The Lamar City Council, litigation parties, city residents and prospective marijuana entrepreneurs are awaiting a ruling from District Court Judge Michael Davidson on a private citizen’s challenge to the petition process which allowed November’s ballot questions determining the future of legal marijuana sales in the city. Judge Davidson issued a supplemental briefing order […]
Planning Commission Reviews Junk Ordinance
The Prowers County Planning Commission, Michelle Hiigel, Land Use Administrator, as well as all three county commissioners, Tom Grasmick, Wendy Buxton-Andrade, Ron Cook and County Attorney Rose Pugliese via Zoom, discussed means by which the county’s junk ordinance could be beefed up with stricter enforcement. Legislating the ordinance has been a continued concern […]
Experience the history and excitement of the 1800s at LCC’s Frontier History Encampment
Free event on the Lamar Community College campus April 29-30 brings frontier history to life with historic storytellers, demonstrations and hands-on activities (Lamar, Colo.) – Lamar Community College (LCC) invites community members to step back into the Great Plains of the 1800s at the 2022 Frontier History Encampment. The free family-friendly event is […]
